State College
of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota
Public Community College in Bradenton, FL. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $40,318.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $40,318, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 38% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 38% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Transfer-out runs to 22% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 23:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate population is 8,411 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,161 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,034 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $22,147 at $0–30k against $24,971 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. Only 10% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,319 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $22,147 |
| $30–48k | $28,157 |
| $48–75k | $26,326 |
| $75–110k | $24,686 |
| $110k+ | $24,971 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 694 of these 7,161 students, totalling $3,885,129 — an average of $5,598 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Manatee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning (Additional oversight is required to ensure a resolution of compliance issues); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)